Category: Access & Censorship
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JS photographer arrested while covering Occupy Milwaukee protest
JS photographer arrested while covering Occupy Milwaukee protest Link: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/js-photographer-arrested-while-covering-occupy-milwaukee-protest-133090133.html “I can tell you that no one at MPD had any idea (Wentz-Graff) was a journalist until she arrived here at the police station,” Schwartz said. “She never identified herself as a journalist to officers.”
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Banned for 20 Years, Photographer Returns to Tunisia
Banned for 20 Years, Photographer Returns to Tunisia | PDNPulse As a kid growing up in Belgium, photographer Karim Ben Khelifa spent all his school vacations in Tunisia, visiting his aunts, uncles and cousins, enjoying family gatherings in his grandparents’ home, going to the beach. But in the last 20 years, he had be via…
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NPPA Seeks Repeal of D.C. Regulations Limiting Street Photography
NPPA Seeks Repeal of D.C. Regulations Limiting Street Photography – NPPA Advocacy Committee On Monday, October 31, 2011 NPPA general counsel, Mickey H. Osterreicher, sent a letter to the Hon. Irvin B. Nathan, Attorney General for the District of Columbia. The letter dealt with Police Regulations for the District of Columbia that affect photogra via NPPA…
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ACLU sues Sheriff’s Department, alleges photographers were harassed
ACLU sues Sheriff’s Department, alleges photographers were harassed Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/aclu-sues-.html The federal lawsuit alleges the Sheriff’s Department and deputies “have repeatedly” subjected photographers “to detention, search and interrogation simply because they took pictures” from public streets of places such as Metro turnstiles, oil refineries or near a Long Beach courthouse.
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Without Computer Security, Sources’ Secrets Aren’t Safe With Journalists
Opinion | When Secrets Aren’t Safe With Journalists Often, anonymous sources have been exposed by a journalist’s use of insecure communications. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/opinion/without-computer-security-sources-secrets-arent-safe-with-journalists.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all Sadly, operational computer security is still not taught in most journalism schools, and poor data security practices remain widespread in news organizations. Confidential information is sent over regular phone lines and via…
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Amateur yeti filmmaker stands up for First Amendment right to record bigfoot skits in NH park
Amateur yeti filmmaker stands up for First Amendment right to record bigfoot skits in NH park Jonathan Doyle, a performance artist, has appealed a case involving his right to film bigfoot skits in New Hampshire’s Monadnock State Park to the NH Supreme Court. He argues that the permit … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/10/24/amateur-yeti-filmmaker-stands-up-for-first-amendment-right-to-record-bigfoot-skits-in-nh-park.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Jonathan Doyle,…
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NYPD Interfering with Photography
Duncan Davidson: It appears that the NYPD—or at least some of their officers—are using strobing flashlights to purposefully interfere with cameras recording them during Occupy Wall Street protests
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Open Up High Court to Cameras – NYTimes.com
Opinion | Open Up High Court to Cameras The benefits of increased access and transparency are many, and democracy’s first principles strongly support the people’s right to know how their government works. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/opinion/open-up-high-court-to-cameras.html?_r=1 TODAY, the nation welcomes back nine justices who toil quietly and, for the most part, outside public view. But there is no…
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UK Labour Party wants journalism licenses, will prohibit “journalism” by people who are “struck off” the register of licensed journalists
UK Labour Party wants journalism licenses, will prohibit “journalism” by people who are “struck off” the register of licensed journalists The UK Labour party’s conference is underway in Liverpool, and party bigwigs are presenting their proposals for reinvigorating Labour after its crushing defeat in the last election. The stupi… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/09/27/uk-labour-party-wants-journalism-licenses-will-prohibit-journalism-by-people-who-are-struck-off-the-register-of-licensed-journalists.html Given that…
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Health & Human Services media policy called ‘a Soviet-style power-grab’
poynter: The rules have “formalized a creeping information-control mechanism that informally began during the Clinton Administration and was accelerated by the Bush and Obama administrations
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Cops Vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas & The Power of New Media
boing boing: The autopsy results from the death of Kelly Thomas, a schizophrenic drifter who was allegedly beaten to death by Fullerton, California police will be announced today by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
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Journalists Protest Withdrawal of a U.S. Doctor Database
Withdrawal of Database on Doctors Is Protested The public use section of the government’s National Practitioner Data Bank provided information on doctor oversight, trends in disciplinary actions and malpractice awards. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/health/16doctor.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Three journalism organizations on Thursday protested a decision by the Obama administration to remove a database of physician discipline and malpractice actions from…
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Ethiopian Journalist Flees Country Over Exposure in WikiLeaks Cable
Ethiopian Journalist Flees Country Over Exposure in WikiLeaks Cable An Ethiopian journalist has reportedly fled his country after government authorities interrogated him over a WikiLeaks cable in which he was mentioned. It appears to be the first confirmed case in which someone identified in the raw, unredacted files that via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/ethiopian-journalist-flees/ According to the…
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Burmese Photojournalist Sentenced to 10 More Years
Burmese Photojournalist Sentenced to 10 More Years | PDNPulse Burmese photographjournalist Sithu Zeya, who was sentenced last year to 8 years in prison for violating Burma’s immigration laws and “Unlawful Associations Act,” was sentenced yesterday to an additional 10 years for violating the country’s “Electronics Ac via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/burmese-photojournalist-sentenced-to-10-more-years.html Burmese photographjournalist Sithu Zeya, who was…
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Mexico: two tortured, murdered, hung from bridge as warning to those using Twitter, blogs to report narco-crime
Mexico: two tortured, murdered as warning to those using social media and blogs to report narco-crime In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico yesterday, bloggers and Twitter users who share information on crimes of drug cartels and related gangs received a gruesome warning. The tortured bodies of two people in the… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/mexico-two-tortured-murdered-for-using-twitter-blogs-to-report-narco-crime-bodies-hanged-from-bridge-as-warning-to-others.html In Nuevo Laredo,…
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ACLU: You Have Every Right to Photograph That Cop
ACLU: You Have Every Right to Photograph That Cop | PDNPulse Just in time for the 10th anniversary of 9-11, the ACLU has highlighted its “guide to photographers’ rights” with regard to taking photographs in public places, and dealing with law enforcement officials who may try to interfere. In a story posted on its via…
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Turning Away from Burning Man
Duncan Davidson: I’m a photographer. I don’t feel welcome at Burning Man anymore. The primary reason I don’t feel welcome is found in the terms and conditions that come with the purchase of a ticket in a contract of adhesion. In short, if you want to show a photograph you’ve made at Burning Man in…
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Burning Man: Model Releases, Surrender Rights. Are You Kidding?
Travel photographer? Don’t bother with Burning Man Picture for a moment being in Europe and pulling into a quaint mountain village called Schwarzefelsenstadt, which has particularly photogenic people and attractions. But there’s a gate, and a… via Bad Latitude: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/travel/detail?entry_id=96365 From a photographer’s standpoint, Black Rock City is about as close to a fascist regime…
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Good Riddance to Burning Man?
Good Riddance to Burning Man? | PDNPulse Organizers of the Burning Man festival at Black Rock City have effectively shut down photography at this year’s event, according to a lament on the San Francisco Chronicle web site. Rules for this year’s festival prohibit photographs of any people without via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/good-riddance-to-burning-man.html Rules for this year’s…
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Court says public has right to video police in public places
Court says public has right to video police in public places A Boston lawyer suing the city and police off via Universal Hub: http://www.universalhub.com/2011/court-says-state-law-banning-recording-police-offi The court noted that past decisions on police recording had involved fulltime reporters, but said the First Amendment does not apply just to professional news gatherers.